[rosndo]

> Woah, didn't expect that one.

Trying to work around sanctions tends to lead to you violating a variety of laws around the world, anything from money laundering to bank fraud.

Why bank fraud? No bank will want funds originating from Canadian-sanctioned bitcoins, people holding these funds will almost inevitably have to defraud someone in order to cash them out.

> I'm not sure what I'm missing.

Regular bank transfers can work around sanctions too, governments have to do a lot of work to track the activities of those trying to work around sanctions.

Sanctions are a tool you use against your adversaries who are usually located in unfriendly countries, they are expected to be difficult to enforce.

In this case the people holding the private keys to the sanctioned addresses are probably located in the US, the DOJ will not look kindly on them.